Can't change computer name in Sharing because of old Vista install?

I have a strange problem (all of mine seem to be strange).
I am attempting to set up the four computers I have at home for file sharing - nothing too complicated. There is one iMac connected via WiFi, one PC running Vista via ethernet, one MacBook running 10.4.11 via WiFi, and the problem machine my MacBook Pro running 10.5.6.
Under the Sharing preferences for my MacBook Pro, the computer name is set correctly to "Nebuchadnezzar". However, under the File Sharing details, the address is set to afp://MacBookProVista.home/.
I previously installed Vista under Boot Camp, and set the computer name under Vista to this name, so that I could identify it on my network. But I have removed this partition the correct way. I also had a Linux and a Windows 7 install running on virtual machines but I have removed both of these as well.
Why (and how) has Leopard managed to get hold of the Vista computer name, and why hasn't it gone away after I deleted the entire Vista partition? I managed to get the address to change very briefly when I changed the Global Dynamic Hostname to Nebuchadnezzar, but it since changed back after closing System Prefs.
Any ideas anyone?
Message was edited by: pisto_grih
Also, the Remote Management name is MacBookProVista rather than the correct name of Nebuchadnezzar.

I don't know if this is normal, but resetting my router seemed to clear these erroneous network names. I have a BT HomeHub (v2.0) and when you reset it and reconnect the machines to the network, as it resets the IP through DHCP it resets the "afp://" address to the computers MAC address.
As part of setting up the network, each device is getting a static IP - it appears in the device list as the devices MAC address, and renaming it here seems to do the trick.
I find this strange (and slightly confusing) that the naming of devices goes both ways, from device to router and back again, but it seems to be working. The Vista device name was obviously picked up when I connected it to the network, but it's strange that it didn't reset through DHCP, even though the name on the router came up correctly.

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